Kemal Okuyan's 'July 15' statement: 'How can the Fethullahists be considered unsuccessful in destroying the Republican legacy?'

Communist Party of Turkey (TKP) General Secretary Kemal Okuyan made striking statements on his social media account on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the July 15 FETÖ coup attempt. While acknowledging that the coup attempt was a failure in a military and narrow sense, Okuyan argued that when looking at the entirety of the political and social destruction created by the process before and after, the missions undertaken by the Fethullahists are still alive today.

Okuyan claimed that the organization was unfortunately "successful" in its tasks of paralyzing Turkey's progressive-republican legacy and keeping the country on the US-NATO axis.

"UNFORTUNATELY, THERE IS A SUCCESS HERE"

Kemal Okuyan emphasized that July 15 should be read not only as a military uprising but also with its historical and class dimensions, using the following expressions:

"The July 15 coup attempt failed in the narrow sense. The multi-layered move of a bloody, arrogant, and hypocritical network fell flat. However, when we consider the process as a whole, with its before and after, there is unfortunately a success here. The Fethullahists had undertaken a mission to paralyze the Republican legacy, and secondly, they were tasked with keeping Turkey in line with NATO and the US. Is there anyone who sees a failure in these areas today?"

"THEY CANNOT BE CONSIDERED UNSUCCESSFUL JUST BECAUSE THEY FAILED ON JULY 15"

Drawing attention to the historical background of sects and religious community structures in state cadres and their international connections, the TKP General Secretary continued his statements with these harsh words:

"A CIA-fed seditious movement that has been protected by the most authoritative institutions and individuals since the 1990s, that has shaped the ideological, economic, and political dynamics of the order, and that people are still racking their brains over 'how we can utilize their remaining cadres'..."

Okuyan argued that the destruction created by this structure over decades and the mentality it instilled still maintain their existence in today's political climate in some way, and asked the question: "How can they be considered 'unsuccessful' just because they failed on July 15?"